Composition for preventing sunburn



Patented Dec. 23, 1941 COIVIPOSITION FOR PREVENTING SUNBURN Arthur B. Hersberger, Lansdowne, and Henry C. Cowles, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., assignors' to The Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania No Drawing. Application January 5, 1940,

Serial N0. 312,514

2 Claims. (Cl. 167-90) The present invention relates to compositions for preventing sunburn, and more particularly to compositions comprising a vehicle having incorhicle in the desired proportions and agitating or porated therein a small quantity of a resin or mixing the ingredients until a homogeneous com-- resinous material capable of absorbing light of 5 position is obtained. In'some cases the applicawave lengths normally causing sunburn,i. e., wave tion of heatmay be desirable or necessary in lengths of the order of 4500 A. to 2000 A., and parorder to assist solution or dispersion of the resin ticularly wave lengths of 3300 A. to 2600 A. in t e Vehicle- We have found that highly effective composiour invFntion may be fPrther lllustrated by tions for preventing or reducing sunburn may be the followmg e am Whwh. however. are not produced by dispersing in a suitable vehicle, a intended as llmltlng the scope thereof- The small quantity of a resin, i. e., of th orderof resinous materials employed were isolated from 035% t about 29% by weight, which resin is petroleum tars and asphalts by treating 1 volume characterized by its ability to transmit Visible of the w meterlal with 20 m of light down to wave lengths'of about 4500 A., and

l f g g to Preclpltate 2 g asp a nes. e asp a enes were separa e gg z i hght of W lengths 4:500 to about from the naphthasolution of oil and resins, and

., and to emlt the latter in the form of harmless radiations. Preferably the resins to be the filtered thrqugh a.bed of 30/62 employed in accordance with our invention are" mesh tuners the rgsgns bemg adsorbe readily Soluble or dispersable in the vehicle from the solution, and them! and naphtha filterutilized, and are sufliciently light in color as to mg e h funers earth was then produce compositions f acceptable appearance washed with additional 88 naphtha in order to and t b ity t w light-h remove residual oil, and the resins were then ex- In preparing r composition we may use as a tracted from the washed earth by means or. vehicle any suitable emollient such as stearic benzol- The benzol Solution resins Was then acid base finishing or vanishing creams, cocoa evaporated to remove the benzolr and there Was' butter lanoline petrolatum, mineral 1 vege.. obtained as a residue, a solid, brittle resin varytable oils such as olive oil, palm oil, or cocoanut g o r f y w to o an -r d. Th oil, and various other oleaginous materials. 3 resin W s he wrpor d in desi q nti Among the resins o resinous mat ri l whi h in a suitable vehicle. such as a stearic acid base maybe suitably employed are resins isolated from vanishing am, a d th resu t n omp i n cracked or uncracked petroleum distillates, residwas appl in thin fi o S w ch 8 then uums, tars, pitches, and asphalts by means of exposed to ultra-violet light to determine the solvent and/or adsorbent treatments; synthetic efiectiveness of the composition in preventing resinous materials produced by the catalytic or burning of the skin.

Our sunburn protective compositions may be prepared by simply adding the resin to the ve- Weight F1 Protection Color of Composition per cent uofesctnce Color stability against comporesin U V 11gb U-V light sition Vanishing cream base 0 None- Stable None- White. Base+resin from pressure still cracked tar 0. 1 Orange-yellow Fair Do.

Do 0. 25 0...........-. Good Cream. Do 1. 0 Excellent Do.

. Do 2. 5 do Straw. Base+resin from de Florez cracked tar 1. 0 Yellow"; do Do. Base+resin from Venezuela 12 flux asphalt..- 1. 0 Greenisli-yellow do- Cream. Base+resin from Santa Maria 12 flux asphalt- 1. 0 Bluish-whitn Good. Do. Base+resin from Lea-Ward 12 flux asphalt--- l. 0 Orange-yellow do Excellent Straw.

pounds; and naturally occurring resins having the proper light-absorption properties.

From the above examples it will be seen that compositions prepared in accordance with our invention afford efiective protection against radiations normally tending to produce sunbum' The resins employed in the examples abovegiven are high molecular weight complex hydrocarbons 1. A composition for preventing sunburn, which 10 comprises a vehicle having dispersed therein a small quantity of a resin derived from petroleum and capable of absorbing light of wave lengths normally tending to produce sunburn.

2. A composition for preventing sunburn, which comprises a vehicle having dispersed therein from about 0.25% to about 2.0% of a resin derived from petroleum and capable of absorbing light of wave lengths normally tending to produce sunburn.

ARTHUR B. HERSBERGER. HENRY c. COWLES, JR. 

